Germinoma originating in the basal ganglia. Report of a case showing unusual appearance on MRI.
A case of germinoma originating in the basal ganglia is presented. Preoperative MRI showed an area of a reticulated core of mixed signal intensity with a surrounding rim of low signal intensity in the right basal ganglia on T2-weighted image. This finding was reported to be characteristic of cavernous angioma, but the tumor was histopathologically identified to be a germinoma with old hemorrhage. The pitfall of MRI in diagnosing brain tumors is discussed.
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Division of Neurosurgery, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
Hori
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T
Watanabe
T
T
Takenobu
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A
Takigawa
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H
Kishimoto
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M
Tanaka
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J
D000293:Adolescent; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male